ringwiss
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🏳️🌈 🇪🇺 🇵🇱 🇬🇧 He/him.
Armchair parliamentarian.
I type at 140 wpm.
Armchair parliamentarian.
I type at 140 wpm.
In the 115th Congress, there were (by my count) 17 appeals in the House.
In my entire time observing House proceedings, there have been 0.
In my entire time observing House proceedings, there have been 0.
February 16, 2026 at 2:20 AM
In the 115th Congress, there were (by my count) 17 appeals in the House.
In my entire time observing House proceedings, there have been 0.
In my entire time observing House proceedings, there have been 0.
And on the practical side, the House is perfectly capable of dealing with a recalcitrant clerk:
But, as always, the (new) House can do anything it wants:
‘The Clerk presiding during organization declined to put a question, whereupon a Member-elect put the question from the floor.’
‘The Clerk presiding during organization declined to put a question, whereupon a Member-elect put the question from the floor.’
February 16, 2026 at 2:13 AM
And on the practical side, the House is perfectly capable of dealing with a recalcitrant clerk:
Source that the clerk may not do things like that:
February 16, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Source that the clerk may not do things like that:
The decision is made by the House, not by the chair.
February 16, 2026 at 1:43 AM
The decision is made by the House, not by the chair.
For one thing, members are sworn in by the newly elected speaker, not by the clerk.
February 16, 2026 at 12:50 AM
For one thing, members are sworn in by the newly elected speaker, not by the clerk.
The third one seems to suggest that a tie vote would not sustain the decision of the chair, because the chair put the question on (essentially) overruling the chair.
February 15, 2026 at 9:48 PM
The third one seems to suggest that a tie vote would not sustain the decision of the chair, because the chair put the question on (essentially) overruling the chair.
And as for the Senate, Democrats will have a majority before the new senators are sworn in.
February 15, 2026 at 9:15 PM
And as for the Senate, Democrats will have a majority before the new senators are sworn in.
The practice of the House is that members are only sworn in after the election of a speaker.
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
February 15, 2026 at 9:07 PM
The practice of the House is that members are only sworn in after the election of a speaker.
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
But, as always, the (new) House can do anything it wants:
‘The Clerk presiding during organization declined to put a question, whereupon a Member-elect put the question from the floor.’
‘The Clerk presiding during organization declined to put a question, whereupon a Member-elect put the question from the floor.’
February 15, 2026 at 8:54 PM
But, as always, the (new) House can do anything it wants:
‘The Clerk presiding during organization declined to put a question, whereupon a Member-elect put the question from the floor.’
‘The Clerk presiding during organization declined to put a question, whereupon a Member-elect put the question from the floor.’
Yes, and not even necessarily ‘they’; the speaker could do it unilaterally (before this Congress ends).
February 15, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Yes, and not even necessarily ‘they’; the speaker could do it unilaterally (before this Congress ends).
The House’s diligence in compiling the precedents never ceases to amaze me.
February 15, 2026 at 3:57 AM
The House’s diligence in compiling the precedents never ceases to amaze me.
Amendments to the preamble should work the same way (adopted after passage/adoption), but sometimes they forget and deal with them as if they were amendments to the body of the measure:
February 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Amendments to the preamble should work the same way (adopted after passage/adoption), but sometimes they forget and deal with them as if they were amendments to the body of the measure:
But that was a pro-forma session, during which ‘no business [could] be[] conducted’, and receiving messages = business.
February 13, 2026 at 2:30 AM
But that was a pro-forma session, during which ‘no business [could] be[] conducted’, and receiving messages = business.
I have doubts as to whether the Senate can receive that kind of message during an adjournment.
February 13, 2026 at 2:24 AM
I have doubts as to whether the Senate can receive that kind of message during an adjournment.
It’ll all work out in the end when he votes to overturn his own ruling.
A close second: That Vance didn't care to know before he took the chair.
February 13, 2026 at 12:47 AM
It’ll all work out in the end when he votes to overturn his own ruling.
(For anyone just tuning in, S. 1383 is now the SAVE America Act, but they neglected to amend the title.)
February 13, 2026 at 12:46 AM
(For anyone just tuning in, S. 1383 is now the SAVE America Act, but they neglected to amend the title.)
Nothing beats this ⬇️, though.
February 13, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Nothing beats this ⬇️, though.
That’s counting from the time she was nominated to when she was confirmed; only a small part of that was floor time.
The committee reported her nomination on 22 October; the Senate took up the nomination on the 23rd; cloture was invoked on the 25th; she was confirmed on the 26th.
The committee reported her nomination on 22 October; the Senate took up the nomination on the 23rd; cloture was invoked on the 25th; she was confirmed on the 26th.
February 13, 2026 at 12:28 AM
That’s counting from the time she was nominated to when she was confirmed; only a small part of that was floor time.
The committee reported her nomination on 22 October; the Senate took up the nomination on the 23rd; cloture was invoked on the 25th; she was confirmed on the 26th.
The committee reported her nomination on 22 October; the Senate took up the nomination on the 23rd; cloture was invoked on the 25th; she was confirmed on the 26th.